Did you know that a program called the Pittsburgh Promise helps students graduating from the Pittsburgh Public Schools to pursue further their education after high school by guaranteeing qualified students $5,000 a year for college. That number is expected to increase to $10,000 a year in 2012. I
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01/16/2011
I am reading an interesting book this week called "The Option of Urbanism" by Christopher B. Leinbeger that is a fascinating perspective on how we got to our current structure of housing in the country, what the positives and negatives are and what's next. I suspect that I will be making it a reg
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01/15/2011
With all the white stuff on the ground summer may seem like a long way off but the Carnegie Science Center is offering a special admission price on June 21st, the Summer Solstice, if you show up with a snowball. The special event will benefit the Science Center’s youth programs in the “STEM” area
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01/13/2011
This mostly applies to builders in the First Energy service area, north of Pittsburgh... Met-Ed, Penelec, and Penn Power, FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania utilities (FirstEnergy), offer incentives to builders of energy efficient homes in its Pennsylvania service territories, from $1,000 to $10,000. Bui
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01/13/2011
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency or PHFA provides the capital for decent, safe, and affordable homes and apartments for older adults, persons of modest means, and those with special housing needs. Their website at www.PHFA.org is a wealth of information for Home buyers and Homeowners. For
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01/10/2011
Happy New Year! It's a perfect time to look back on the past year and see how the market in Murrysville did. Number of Home Sales in Murrysville in 2010: 226 By Price Range: $0-$100,000 16 $100,000 - $200,000 89 $200,000 - $300,000 73 $300,000 - $400,000 25 $400,000 -
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01/08/2011
The URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority) here in Pittsburgh just recently published a great Green Development Resource Guide that is packed full of good information on incentives, financing, grants and tax credits for developers and homeowners that want to build or renovate green in the city. Pitt
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01/07/2011
Oh, the benefits of being boring! Actually that's not really true, Pittsburgh is a very exciting city but when it comes to housing we are stable, low risk, maybe even downright dull. And while Kennywood (our local amusement park for you out-of-towners) may be the roller-coaster capital, our housi
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01/06/2011
More residents, workers and recreation are just a few of the things that are drawing more people to downtown Pittsburgh and contributing to growth in the Golden Triangle. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette published a story this week that highlighted some of the great things happening in town. These inc
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01/04/2011
I was reading a blog by a fellow real estate agent this morning about the poor construction he has been seeing in a number of homes (in other cities) that aren't even a few decades old yet, which got me to thinking about how much I like older homes and prompted me to write a few thoughts down. Pi
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01/03/2011
